Container



Patented Feb. 6, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,189,410 comma HenryO. Stute, St. Louis, Mo., minor to Gaylord Container Corporation, St.Louis, Mo., a

Claims.

This invention relates to containers, particularly to fiber boardcontainers of the kind comprising a tray and a confining sleeve for thesides thereof. The principal object of the invention is a strong, simpleand economical container of the above type which will dispense with theseparate means heretofore required to prevent the tray from dropping outof the sleeve when handling the container; The invention consists in thecontainer and in the construction, combinations and arrangements ofparts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specification andwherein like symw bols refer to like parts wherever they occur,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the tray member gr section of acontainer embodying my invenion,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the sleeve member or section of saidcontainer,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the assembled container,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of one of the corner portions of thecontainer shown in $5 Fig. 3; and- Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspectiveview of a tray of modified form.

The container shown in the accompanying drawing comprising a rectangularmember or w tray section A of fiber board or other bendable material anda rectangular sleeve or case B of corrugated board or other bendablematerial which confines, reinforces and stiffens the sides of said tray.The side walls I and end walls 2 of the tray are bent up from the bottom3 thereof and are preferably not secured together at the corners of thecontainer; The strip of corrugated board which forms the sleeve has itstwo ends secured adjacent to one corner of. said sleeve preferably bymeans of an adhesive strip 4; and

the corrugations of said strip are preferably disposed vertically so asto increase the vertical strength of said sleeve.

One or more of the walls of said tray, preferably the two end walls 2thereof are made widerthan the tray at the top thereof than at thebottom thereof, whereby said end walls have obliquely disposed upwardlydiverging side edges 5 that are disposed outwardly of the side walls ofsaid 50 tray at each corner'thereof and bite or wedge into the adjacentcorners of the corrugated confining sleeve and thus prevent the trayfrom slipping downwardly through said sleeve under the weight of thecontents or the tray. The side walls I of u the trayare disposed inabutting relation to the wedge-shaped end walls 2 thereofand thusprevent said end walls froimswinging inwardly. Inward swinging movementor the side walls of the tray is prevented by its contents, such forinstance, as cheese molded in place within the tray. The container maybe provided with any suitable cover (not shown) The tray shown in Fig.5' is similar to the tray shown in Fig. 2, except that the side edges 5aof each end wall 2a of the tray of Fig. 5 are disposed parallel to eachother, the frictional engagement of said edges with the corrugatedsleeve from top to bottom thereof being suiiicient to prevent the trayfrom falling through said sleeve.

The hereinbefore described container has severa] important advantages.It is simple and inexpensive and can be quickly and easily assembled.The tray is held within the sleeve without the aid of separate fasteningmeans; and-the sleeve serves to protect the tray, prevents spread- 2 ingthereof and permits stacking of. the packed containers without danger ofcrushing. a

What I claim is:

1. A container comprising a multi-cornered tray and a confining sleevefor the side walls thereof, said tray and said sleeve having verticalside walls, one of the side walls of said tray extending across andbeyond the ends of the two adjacent side walls and having downwardlyconverging side edges, whereby said wall is adapted to be wedgededgewise into said sleeve.

2. A container comprising a multi-cornered tray and a corrugated boardconfining sleeve for the side walls thereof said tray and said sleevehaving vertical side walls-and the corrugations of said sleeve beingdisposed vertically, one of said side walls extending across and beyondthe ends of the two side walls adjacent thereto and being shaped toeffect an edgewise wedging engagement with said corrugated board sleeve,said sleeve completely covering the comers of. said tray.

3. A container comprising a multi-cornered tray and a similarly shapedcorrugated board confining sleeve for the side walls thereof said trayand said sleeve having vertical side walls and the corrugations of saidsleeve being disposed vertically, one of said walls having its oppositeside edges disposed outwardly of the two adjacent side walls andadapted'and arranged to so frictionally engage said corrugated sleeve,said sleeve completely covering the comers of said tray.

4. A container comprising a rectangular card-, board tray and arectangular corrugated board sleeve snugly fitting the side walls ofsaid tray and completely covering the corners thereof, said sleevehaving vertical side walls, and the corrugations of said sleeve beingdisposed vertically, two opposite walls of said tray extending acrossand beyond the adjacent ends of the other two walls thereof intofrictional engagement with the adjacent walls of said sleeve.

5. A container comprising a rectangular fiber 10 board tray having sidewalls bent upwardly from

